Opener Lab

Compare HOODY

Pick a word to compare against.

HOODY F
82.0%
of words eliminated

How HOODY performs

Played first, HOODY removes about 82.0% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.66 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, HOODY left an average of 424 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 17, 2026, when the answer was LEGAL and 917 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeHOODY
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green36.5%
Any green or yellow61.1%
Whole row gray38.9%
Worst case answers left917

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.